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    People's Army (Polish: Armia Ludowa [ˈar.mʲja luˈdɔ.va], abbriv.: AL) was a communist Soviet-backed partisan force set up by the communist Polish Workers'...
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    the January 1 of 1944 GL was incorporated into the communist Armia Ludowa. Gwardia Ludowa was created on 6 January 1942 with military aid from the Red...
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    refused to join the Home Army was the pro-Soviet, communist People's Army (Armia Ludowa), which numbered 30,000 people at its height in 1944. Home Army ranks...
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    the non-communist resistance movements, while the communist movement (Armia Ludowa) was emphasized as being of primary importance; in fact, the opposite...
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    in a gas chamber." In mid-1944, Edelman, as a member of the leftist Armia Ludowa (People's Army), participated in the citywide Warsaw Uprising, when Polish...
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    Poland, elements of BCh started to cooperate with the communist-backed Armia Ludowa, while the majority remained loyal to the Polish government. However...
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  • Soviet-affiliated and controlled groups, namely Gwardia Ludowa, later transformed into Armia Ludowa, which while often described as parts of the Polish resistance...
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    increasing extent) becoming involved in actions against the Soviets. The Armia Ludowa, a Soviet proxy fighting force was another resistance group that was...
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  • Hukbalahap Polish resistance movement Armia Krajowa (Home Army—mainstream: Authoritarian/Western Democracy) Armia Ludowa (People's Army [Soviet proxy]) Bataliony...
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  • subordinated to ZWZ (name changed to Armia Krajowa (AK) in 1942) with a degree of autonomy. In 1944 Gwardia Ludowa WRN numbered about 42,000 people. It...
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  • organisation of 22 Arab states Alternative List, a Swiss political party Armia Ludowa (People's Army), the Soviet-backed Polish army in World War II Assembleia...
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    Organisation Armia Ludowa Gwardia Ludowa Polish forces in the West Polish forces in the East Anders' Army First Polish Army (1944–1945) Armia Krajowa "Wiceszef...
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    including their military organizations such as the Gwardia Ludowa (GL) and the Armia Ludowa (AL). After the war, former NSZ members were persecuted by...
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    (Polish Underground State) Anti-Fascist Bloc Armia Krajowa Armia Ludowa Bataliony Chłopskie Gwardia Ludowa Kampfgruppe Auschwitz Narodowe Siły Zbrojne...
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  • The Polish People's Army (PAL) (Polska Armia Ludowa) was an underground leftist military organization in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. It was...
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    the structures of the Polish Underground State and its military arm, the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) resistance. Abroad, under the authority of the government-in-exile...
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    Kraków area. In July 1941 he became deputy commander of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK"), and in March 1943 gained appointment as its commander...
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    Soviet-affiliated and controlled groups, namely Gwardia Ludowa, later transformed into Armia Ludowa, which while often described as parts of the Polish resistance...
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    and the commanders of the Polish resistance organizations of Armia Krajowa and Armia Ludowa. On 22 December 1942 he and two accomplices attacked a café...
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    Albanian Partisans Afghan Mujahideen Armenian irregular units Armia Krajowa Armia Ludowa Bataliony Chłopskie 2022–2023 Belarusian and Russian partisan...
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    the OW ZJ and its nemesis, the communist NKVD-controlled Gwardia Ludowa/Armia Ludowa, were the two major factions of Polish resistance that did not recognise...
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    (in Polish) Armia Ludowa Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 21 December 2006. (in Polish) Armia Krajowa Archived...
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    collaborators. Kedyw was created on January 22, 1943, from two pre-existing Armia Krajowa organisations: Związek Odwetu (Association of Retaliation), and...
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    Armed Forces and the pro-Soviet and communist People's Army (Polish Armia Ludowa or AL), backed by the Soviet Union and established by the Polish Workers'...
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    of the German occupation of Poland. Due to the ŻZW's close ties with the Armia Krajowa (AK), which was closely linked to the Polish Government in Exile...
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    eventually partially merging with ZWZ around 1941 and finally joining Armia Krajowa around fall 1943. Michlic, Joanna Beata (2006). Poland's threatening...
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    became part of and subordinated its activities to the High Command of the Armia Krajowa. In return the AK began providing ŻOB with weapons and training...
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    Polish Legions (Napoleonic period) Polish Military Organisation Armia Ludowa Gwardia Ludowa Polish forces in the West Polish forces in the East Anders' Army...
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    November 1939 until 14 February 1942, when it was renamed into Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK). Union of Armed Struggle was created from an earlier organization...
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    PPR established a partisan military organization Gwardia Ludowa, later renamed Armia Ludowa. In November 1943, Władysław Gomułka became secretary (chief...
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